Opinions on Marshall

An informal poll of some personnel executives around the league over the last two days shows that while Brandon Marshall may want out of Denver, a lot of people who make the decisions for teams say they believe he still has plenty of work to do here to get what he wants.

In short, all of the executives polled said, he would have to show he’s healthy after offseason hip surgery — a far bigger concern for them than for many who believe Marshall can quickly force a trade — and they would like to see fewer dropped passes and more touchdowns.

Marshall, despite back-to-back 100-catch seasons to go with a Pro Bowl trip in ’08, is not considered a precise route runner and many general managers worry that he drops too many balls as he attempts to position his body to run after the catch before he has secured the ball.

To them there is also the matter of an eight-game stretch last season when he had just one touchdown catch. And then after a two-touchdown game against the last-place Chiefs in December he also didn’t have a touchdown catch in the Broncos final three games — all three losses that knocked them out of the playoffs. That’s 11 games without a touchdown catch playing with a quarterback who almost routinely looked for him first in the scoring zone.

Larry Fitzgerald, for example, didn’t go more than two consecutive games last season without a touchdown catch and had three games with two touchdown catches.

So, while Marshall may not be happy in Denver many of the people with the power to try and free him want to see him do a little more with the Broncos.

I like what is written here. Lets not forget he has something to prove off the field as well.

Skitt

I like what is written here. Lets not forget he has something to prove off the field as well.

walter h wagoner

Trade the big spoiled brat(Marshall) . What and the hake are these football players going to do, if they didn’t have football. The players get way to much money for there services. They are all God gifted with talent. I also would like to complain about the prices of food and drink at the sports events. I went to the Rockies and beer was $6.50 a glass. The same at the Broncos and Nuggets . HA HA. BE HAPPY!

walter h wagoner

Trade the big spoiled brat(Marshall) . What and the hake are these football players going to do, if they didn’t have football. The players get way to much money for there services. They are all God gifted with talent. I also would like to complain about the prices of food and drink at the sports events. I went to the Rockies and beer was $6.50 a glass. The same at the Broncos and Nuggets . HA HA. BE HAPPY!

Thrawn

My opinion on Marshall will depend on how he handles this next season.

I’m a bit disturbed that our best players keep looking for the first ticket out of town, but I can’t really fault McDaniels for this one. Most of his gripes come from the paycheck and the medical staff, but that was under Shannahan. Part of me says we should pay him, but then I think about his court issue coming up in a couple of weeks… (and that could still result in him being suspended for at least half the season) and he certainly isn’t doing the Broncos any favors now with his attitude.

He really could get himself out of here much quicker if he did well and raised his trade value, and it’s not like he will be playing with St. Louis’s offense. I think he could really do well in this offense.

I am hoping he does not spend the season pouting, going to operation shutdown to engineer a trade out of here like Cutler did. Not only would he be a distraction, but the Broncos would get next to nothing for him. If he pulls that crap, I say let him rot on the bench until his contract expires. It’s not as if they will get anything of value with him at that point.

Thrawn

My opinion on Marshall will depend on how he handles this next season.

I’m a bit disturbed that our best players keep looking for the first ticket out of town, but I can’t really fault McDaniels for this one. Most of his gripes come from the paycheck and the medical staff, but that was under Shannahan. Part of me says we should pay him, but then I think about his court issue coming up in a couple of weeks… (and that could still result in him being suspended for at least half the season) and he certainly isn’t doing the Broncos any favors now with his attitude.

He really could get himself out of here much quicker if he did well and raised his trade value, and it’s not like he will be playing with St. Louis’s offense. I think he could really do well in this offense.

I am hoping he does not spend the season pouting, going to operation shutdown to engineer a trade out of here like Cutler did. Not only would he be a distraction, but the Broncos would get next to nothing for him. If he pulls that crap, I say let him rot on the bench until his contract expires. It’s not as if they will get anything of value with him at that point.

Mike Klis has been with The Denver Post since 1998, after working 13 years with the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph. Major League Baseball was Klis' initial passion. He started covering the Colorado Rockies after Coors Field was approved for construction in August 1990.

Nicki Jhabvala is the Sports Digital News Editor for The Denver Post. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor, and she was most recently the overnight home page editor at the New York Times. She has reported regularly on the Broncos since joining the staff.

A published author and award-winning journalist, Benjamin Hochman is a sports columnist for The Denver Post. He previously worked on the staff of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, winners of two Pulitzer Prizes for their Hurricane Katrina coverage.